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This was always Duke's season, a package deal of one-and-done freshmen, a one-time grab at the ring. The Blue Devils are on the verge of the Final Four, so close to achieving one of their prime goals. They'll worry about next season later. The University of North Carolina and N.C. State are worrying about next season now. Or, better put, they're not worrying at all. In the disappointment over the way the Tar Heels and Wolfpack exited the NCAA tournament, there is this: Both are in position to return almost their entire teams next season. With Duke facing a likely NBA exodus, and a retooling if not a rebuilding, the balance of power in the Triangle is going to shift no matter...

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This was always Duke's season, a package deal of one-and-done freshmen, a one-time grab at the ring. The Blue Devils are on the verge of the Final Four, so close to achieving one of their prime goals. They'll worry about next season later. The...

Some old habits are best left unbroken. For more than three decades, from 1977 to 2010, it became almost a given that at least one ACC squad would reach the men's Final Four. The habit grew so ingrained, we almost took it for granted. Not anymore....

LONDON — O.J. Mayo scored 22 points, Brandon Knight had 20 points and six steals, and the Milwaukee Bucks routed New York 95-79 on Thursday night, extending the Knicks' franchise-record losing streak to 16.
With the Knicks showing why they have lost 26...

(in predicted order of finish)
1. Spurs
2013-14: 62-20.
Coming: Kyle Anderson.
Going: No one of significance.
Despite all of their sustained success, the Spurs have never won back-to-back titles. In fact they never had reached the NBA Finals in...

The Lakers acquired the 46th pick in the 2014 NBA draft from the Washington Wizards, selecting Missouri combo guard Jordan Clarkson for $1.8 million in cash.
Clarkson is a 6-foot-5, 22-year-old junior who averaged 17.5 points last season through 35...

The Lakers haven't yet secured a meeting with LeBron James or Carmelo Anthony.
They might sit down with one of them. Or both. Or neither when free agency begins next week.
Without mentioning either player by name, Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak...

Kobe Bryant's knee is fully healed, according to the Lakers All-Star guard, currently in Brazil to watch the World Cup.
"I'm 100%," said Bryant in an interview on Brazilian television. "This summer I'm training really hard. The...

The Lakers have been in discussions to acquire Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson for the seventh pick in next week’s draft, the Los Angeles Times has learned.
The deal would be part of a larger three-way trade that sends Minnesota All-Star...

Cleveland Cavaliers 120 - Lakers 118 (end of regulation)
Nick Young's three-point attempt with 9.9 seconds left in the game wouldn't fall, extinguishing a late Lakers' rally against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Instead, the Cavaliers hold on for a 120-118...

The Lakers are currently carrying the league-maximum 15 players on their roster, but that may not be the case for long.
Four players are signed to nonguaranteed contracts: Xavier Henry, Shawne Williams, Ryan Kelly and recent acquisition Kendall Marshall....

DALLAS — Shawne Williams was waived Monday, but the Lakers don't plan on filling his roster spot any time soon.
Unless, of course, another guard is injured.
The Lakers were down to 14 players, one below the NBA maximum, after cutting Williams before his...

It doesn't take a numerologist to figure out the unevenness of the Lakers' roster. Or their season.
The Lakers have played 30 games. They've used 15 starting lineups. None of their players has started every game this season.
It sounds a lot like the...

Laker forward Xavier Henry left the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night with a strained right knee, another in a long line of injuries to the team's dwindling list of players able to run the point.
Henry exited with 1:14 left in the first...

Add Xavier Henry to the Lakers' long list of injured point guards.
On Monday, Henry was diagnosed with a bone bruise and an "abnormality of the lateral meniscus" in his right knee.
Henry left with a little over a minute left in the first...

It has come to this for the Lakers:
Kendall Marshall, barely two weeks removed from the NBA D-League, will start at point guard Friday against Utah as the Lakers try to end a six-game losing streak.
His primary qualification for starting?
"He's...

As has been well reported, the Lakers are extremely short-handed at point guard.
On Sunday, the visiting Denver Nuggets have chosen to leave veteran point Andre Miller at home.
Miller was suspended two games by the team for conduct detrimental to the...

The injured, flagging Lakers have been pulled for yet another nationally televised game.
On Thursday, the NBA announced the Lakers' visit to Chicago on Jan. 20, to play the Derrick Rose-less Bulls, will no longer be aired on TNT.
Instead, Dwight...

The Lakers woke up on New Year's Day closer to last place than a playoff spot in the Western Conference.
And their new starting point guard appears to be Kendall Marshall.
Jordan Farmar will miss at least four weeks after sustaining another tear in...

The Denver Nuggets cruised to an easy win at Staples Center on Sunday night, defeating the Lakers, 137-115.
The Lakers scored more than enough points to win an NBA game, but absolutely fell apart defensively. The Nuggets did a lot of damage from...

The Lakers turned to the Marshall Plan again, new point guard Kendall Marshall giving them another solid game after being plucked from the Development League.
They're also open to fresh alternatives on defense after yielding 77 points in the second...